Man City striker Erling feels his form is better than ever after scoring in 1-0 win over Brentford to extend tally to 18 goals in 11 games this season
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (centre) shoots to score against Brentford in London on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland believes he is in the best form of his career — and the statistics show he might be right.
The scoring phenom from Norway made it 18 goals from his opening 11 games of the season by netting City’s winner against Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday. That prompted a question: Is he in the form of his life?
“You can say so,” Haaland said. “I’ve never felt better than I do now.”
In a senior career spent at Molde in Norway, Salzburg in Austria, Borussia Dortmund in Germany and now City, Haaland has never scored more than 18 goals in an 11-game stretch in a single season. He has achieved that exact same tally, though, on three previous occasions. And they came in the same season.
In the 2022-23 campaign — his first at City — Haaland had 11-game stretches from Aug 21-Oct 5 and Aug 27-Oct 8 where he scored 18 goals for club and country. Those runs included hat-tricks in three consecutive home league games.
Haaland netted early in the first half in west London to give City a third win in their last four Premier League games. The peerless 25-year-old already has 12 goals in nine appearances in all competitions this season, plus six in two matches for Norway, with Tottenham the only team to stop him scoring in the current campaign. City survived a second-half dip to move into fifth place in the Premier League.
“He has been so important this season for us I would say. We need more goals from the other ones but the chances were there,” City boss Pep Guardiola said.
Guardiola’s side are unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions since losing at Brighton in August. City still trail leaders Arsenal by three points but they go into the international break with renewed impetus after a slow start to the season. The only concern for Guardiola was the sight of Rodri being forced off with a first-half injury after appearing to damage his hamstring. The Spain midfielder has struggled to finish games since coming back at the Club World Cup in the summer following anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Rodri only managed to play for an hour against Monaco after sitting out City’s two previous fixtures.
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No. of goals scored by Haaland in two games for Norway
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